Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
SAMUEL JOHNSONWhoever commits a fraud is guilty not only of the particular injury to him who he deceives, but of the diminution of that confidence which constitutes not only the ease but the existence of society.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Whoever commits a fraud is guilty not only of the particular injury to him who he deceives, but of the diminution of that confidence which constitutes not only the ease but the existence of society.
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it…. There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every form of government.
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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.
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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
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None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
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Men who stand in the highest ranks of society seldom hear of their faults; if by any accident an opprobrious clamour reaches their ears, flattery is always at hand to pour in her opiates, to quiet conviction and obtund remorse.
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Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven’t courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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